CLEARWATER THRESHERS 2019 GAME INFORMATION 727-712-4300 • threshersbaseball.com • 601 N Old Coachman RD Clearwater, FL 33765 Email: [email protected] • Facebook: /threshersbaseball Twitter: @threshers • Instagram: threshersbaseball CLEARWATER THRESHERS (PHI) (56-56, 20-26) at DUNEDIN BLUE JAYS (TOR) (64-45, 23-21) Monday, August 5, 2019 - 6:30 p.m. EDT Spectrum Field - Game 113 (47) - Road 54 (22) RHP Jack Perkins (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Maximo Castillo (7-5, 2.95) TODAY’S GAME: Game one of a three-game series against the Dunedin Blue Jays (TOR) from Spectrum Field...Game four BY THE NUMBERS of a six-game stretch at Spectrum Field with three against the Tarpons and three against the Dunedin Blue Jays (TOR) (0-3) Current Streak......... L4 Game 1 of Series 15-19 - two “road” games against Dunedin...Clearwater is coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Tampa Tarpons Aug. Last 5 Games .........1-4 Game 2 of Series 21-13 2-4...Fourth of five series against the two clubs in 2019...Clearwater dropped two of the first three games of the season against Last 10 Games .......4-6 Game 3 of Series 16-15 Dunedin at Spectrum Field, and dropped two of three against the Blue Jays at home May 31-June 2. Home...................26-33 Game 4 of Series ...4-9 Away ...................30-23 Rubber Match .........5-5 TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: 21-year-old Jack Perkins makes his first start of the season at the Advanced-A level in the Day Games ......... 11-16 Series W-L-T ....15-14-6 series opener against the Dunedin Blue Jays at Spectrum Field on Monday night...The 6-foot-4 hurler shut out the Florida Fire Night Games ......45-40 Series Sweeps .......4-5 Frogs (ATL) over four innings of relief on July 30 at Osceola County Stadium...The right-hander did not allow any hits, but did ..0-3-3 walk two batters while compiling four strikeouts on 65 pitches - 42 strikes...Monday will be the Ocala, Fla. native’s first career Double Headers start against the Toronto Blue Jays affiliate. 2019 vs. BLUE JAYS Record .................................................................5-5 ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Clearwater Threshers took a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning of Sunday afternoon’s contest against Home....................................................................2-3 the Tampa Tarpons, but surrendered two runs in the top of the frame to fall 3-2 and suffer a three-game sweep at the hands of Away ....................................................................3-2 the New York Yankees affiliate...Kyle Glogoski allowed a solo home run to Estevan Florial in the top of the first inning, but did Current Streak......................................................L1 not allow a run after that...Through five innings of work, the 20-year-old starter scattered six hits and struck out a pair in the THRESHERS AT A GLANCE no-decision...Both of Clearwater’s runs scored on sacrifice flies, with Daniel Brito driving home the tying run in the fourth and Nick Matera pushing across the go-ahead run in the sixth...Tyler Carr suffered his first blown save of the season in the loss, April .................... 11-14 Monday ...................6-7 allowing both runs in the ninith on two hits, three walks and a sacrifice fly. May......................17-12 Tuesday ................ 9-11 June ......................18-7 Wednesday .............6-8 TAMPING THE TARPONS: Matt Vierling finished Sunday with his third consecutive two-hit performance in the series... July .......................9-19 Thursday .............. 11-5 The Notre Dame product had been one of the few bright spots against Tampa in 2019, hitting at a .320 clip in 13 games...The August ....................1-4 Friday ......................8-8 right-handed batter collected six doubles, homered twice, and drove home seven against the Tarpons this season. September ..............0-0 Saturday ...............12-5 Sunday.................. 4-11 MR. CONSISTENT: Once again, Kyle Glogoski limited the damage by the opposition during a starting performance...The vs. North .............30-29 20-year-old allowed only one run through five innings of work, and has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his vs. South ............26-27 seven starts with the Clearwater Threshers...The New Zealand native has reached five innings in six of his seven starts, with Aphilliate report the lone exception coming on June 29 against the St. Lucie Mets (NYM)...In four starts at Spectrum Field, the 6-foot-2 hurler has posted a 1.80 ERA (4er/20.0ip), and held opponents to a .189 batting average. MLB Philadelphia Phillies (58-53): T-2nd NL East: (-7.0) FINDING A GROOVE: Zach Warren tossed two shutout innings in relief of Glogoski on Sunday...The southpaw has tossed STREAK: L1 LAST GAME: 8/4 vs. Chicago White Sox (L, 10-5) exactly two innings in each of his last six appearances out of the bullpen...Since July 17, the Tennessee product has allowed DUE UP: 8/5 at Arizona Diamondbacks (9:40 p.m. EDT) only three runs, with all three given up against the Charlotte Stone Crabs on July 27...The lefty has posted an ERA of just NOTEABLE: Corey Dickerson: 2x5, r, hr, 3rbi 2.25 since July 17, and has set down 13 men on strikes while issuing just three walks...Opponents are hitting just .182 off the Scott Kingery: 2x4, r, 2b, rbi 23-year-old during the stretch with just eight hits over the 12 innings. AAA Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (53-58): PILING ON THE PUNCH OUTS: All three pitchers used by the Threshers picked up two strikeouts apiece in the finale 5th International League North: (-10.0) against the Tarpons on Sunday. The trio of Kyle Glogoski, Zach Warren and Tyler Carr lifted Clearwater’s staff total to 1,025 on STREAK: L1 the season...The Philadelphia Phillies affiliate remains the only team in the Florida State League with at least 1,000 punch outs LAST GAME: 8/4 at Scranton/WB RailRiders (L, 12-5) 8/6 vs. Louisville Bats (7:05 p.m. EDT) on the season, and leads the Fort Myers Miracle (MIN) by 51 heading into Monday. DUE UP: NOTEABLE: Deivy Grullon: 2x4, r, hr, 4rbi, bb Malquin Canelo: 2x4, r, 2b A JULY TO FORGET: After a strong 18-7 month of June, the Threshers fell back to 9-19 in July...The 10-games-under-.500 mark pushed Clearwater from a game-and-a-half lead entering the fourth month of the season to three games back entering the AA Reading Fightin Phils (67-46, 28-18): final full month...The offense managed just a .216 average after hitting .246 in June and .277 in May, while the pitching suffered 1st Eastern League Eastern: (+5.0) a 3.61 ERA compared to 2.56 in June...The bullpen took a big hit as well, as the relievers could not duplicate their success from STREAK: W4 June...Relievers posted a 5.70 ERA (59er/93.2ip) after putting up just a 1.58 mark in June (17er/97.1ip), and also blew half of LAST GAME: 8/4 vs. Altoona Curve (W, 9-7) their save opportunitied (6-for-12). DUE UP: 8/6 vs. Hartford Yard Goats (7:10 p.m. EDT) NOTEABLE: Alec Bohm: 1x4, r, hr, 2rbi Darick Hall: 1x4, r, hr, 2rbi LEAVING MEN ON BASE: After plating 47 runs through the first seven games of the second half (6.7 runs/game) to lead to a 5-2 start, the Clearwater offense has managed 111 runs the last 39 contests (2.8 runs/game) to go 15-24 ever since...Over the A Lakewood BlueClaws (47-64, 18-23): stretch, Clearwater has managed just a .215 average with a chance to drive a runner home (64-for-298)...The Philadelphia Phil- T-6th South Atlantic League Northern: (-8.5) lies affiliate has 269 hits over the 39-game stretch (6.9 hits/game), with 81 going for extra bases (30 percent)...Clearwater fin- STREAK: L1 ished Sunday’s series finale against the Tampa Tarpons 0-for-7 with a chance to drive a run home...The Threshers left runners LAST GAME: 8/4 at Asheville Tourists (L, 13-6) at first and second in the third, second and third in the fourth, hit into an inning-ending double play with men at first and second in DUE UP: 8/5 at Asheville Tourists (7:05 p.m. EDT) the sixth, left men at first and second in ithe seventh, and could not drive home Matt Vierling after a lead-off double in the eighth. NOTEABLE: Malvin Matos: 2x4, 2r, 2b, hr, rbi HOME SWEET HOME?: With the 6-15 mark since the start of July, Clearwater continued to stay below .500 with a 26-33 RK Williamsport Crosscutters (19-29): 5th New York-Penn League Pinckney: (-9.5) record at Spectrum Field in 2019...The discrepancy in stats between home and road games is not that different for the Thresh- STREAK: W5 ers...The club has a .258 average at home compared to .233 on the road, and has scored 24 more runs at Spectrum Field LAST GAME: 8/4 vs. Brooklyn Cyclones (W, 4-3) (227-203)...Clearwater has a .699 OPS at Spectrum Field, but has posted a .657 on the road...On the mound, the pitching staff DUE UP: 8/4 vs. Brooklyn Cyclones (5:05 p.m. EDT) does have a higher ERA on the home bump (3.95-3.22), and has a slighlty higher average against (.239-.232)...The Threshers NOTEABLE: Bryson Stott: 1x4, 2rbi have been swept five times this season, with four coming at home.